Essentials Of Statistics For Business & Economics
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780357045435
Author: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Chapter 3.1, Problem 9E
Advertising Spending. Which companies spend the most money on advertising? Business Insider maintains a list of the top-spending companies. In 2014, Procter & Gamble spent more than any other company, a whopping $5 billion. In second place was Comcast, which spent $3.08 billion (Business Insider website). The top 12 companies and the amount each spent on advertising in billions of dollars are as follows.
- a. What is the
mean amount spent on advertising? - b. What is the
median amount spent on advertising? - c. What are the first and third
quartiles ?
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